Kerala's Plans To Get Rid Of Stray Dogs Goes Awfully Wrong. #BoycottKerala Hits The State Where It Hurts Most - Tourism

All's not well for the God's Own Country. Kerala Government's plans to kill off thousands of stray dogs in a bid to create a stray-dog menace free state has not gone down with animal activists. We had reported how activists have taken various routes in spreading their message to the rest of the world.

But it seems that Kerala government was not budge from it's plans because of just some bad social media PR.

So, now world's animal lovers have united to push start a new movement, which they are calling the #BoycottKerala movement. The activists have chosen to address the problem via a different route and choke the finances of the state. And what better way to hurt the state's economy than aiming for it's biggest cashcow - tourism.

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The objective of the movement is clear. The activists have called for tourists from across the world to boycott Kerala and avoid visiting the state until it stops killing stray dogs. The fact that this is not just one post or one user but a whole bunch of people starting petitions on multiple platforms gives the movement more credibility.

This single post has a multitude of petitions which you can access:

Now protests and marchs against the culling of stray dogs are taking place across the countries in cities like Delhi, Mumbai and Haryana. Globally, many foreign activists have also taken up the cause.

What makes the matters worse for Kerala is the fact that the petitions are gaining quite some traction overseas which means that it will influence a lot of foreign tourists; some of whom may be first time visitors.

We do not know what will be the next step from the Kerala government. But one thing's for sure, they will surely try to get some positive press amongst the world's traveller community and try to put this movement to rest.